Matsuo Bashō quotes - page 3

Breaking the silence
Of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water –
A deep resonance. (Matsuo Bashō)

Seek not the paths of the ancients; Seek that which the ancients sought.

Matsuo Bashō

The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.

Matsuo Bashō

Learn how to listen as things speak for themselves.

Matsuo Bashō

Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves.

Matsuo Bashō

Learn the rules, and then forget them.

Matsuo Bashō

The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.

Matsuo Bashō

Every moment of life is the last, every poem is a death poem.

Matsuo Bashō

The basis of art is change in the universe.

Matsuo Bashō

With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.

Matsuo Bashō

the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being. (Matsuo Bashō)

Old pond, leap-splash - a frog.

Matsuo Bashō

Spring is passing by! Birds are weeping and the eyes Of fish fill with tears.

Matsuo Bashō

The summer grasses- Of brave soldiers' dreams The aftermath.

Matsuo Bashō

Travelling, sick My dreams roam On a withered moor.

Matsuo Bashō

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Matsuo Bashō

Occupation: Japanese Poet
Born: 1644
Died: November 28, 1694
Quotes count: 65
Wikipedia: Matsuo Bashō

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